This replica of Kinsgsford Smith and Ulm's famous 'Southern Cross' was built as a bicentennial project at Parafield and registered on 3 Jun '87. First flight made in Aug '87. It is powered by 3 x 300hp Jacobs R-755A2 (original had 220hp Wright J-5s) and endurance 7 hrs at 90kts. Badly damaged on landing 25 Apr '02 at Parafield after right wheel fell off on takeoff. Restored to flight by HARS in December 2023.

This replica of Kinsgsford Smith and Ulm's famous 'Southern Cross' was built as a bicentennial project at Parafield and registered on 3 Jun '87. First flight made in Aug '87. It is powered by 3 x 300hp Jacobs R-755A2 (original had 220hp Wright J-5s) and endurance 7 hrs at 90kts. Badly damaged on landing 25 Apr '02 at Parafield after right wheel fell off on takeoff. Restored to flight by HARS in December 2023.

The superb Fokker replica which was built to commemorate the pioneer flying by Charles Kingsford Smith, notably the first trans-Pacific crossing in 1928. Seen here undergoing final preparation for return to flight, which was achieved just a month later.

Registered -7 April 1927. Later converted to F.VIIb-3m. Cancelled 1928.

Registered 22 July 1930. Cancelled on transfer to Belgian military aviation 18 November 1938.

1932 and Fokker still rules the airways to Malmö. OY-DED survives in the Aviodrome in Holland as "H-NADP". Second, OO-AIE, a SABCA-built F.VIIb-3m of Sabena. Third, F.VIIb-3m PH-AFR, which briefly served with KLM and went to Air Orient as F-AMFS in December 1932. Fourth, the Fokker F.XII SE-ACZ Värmland, delivered to AB Aerotransport in February 1932 and even fitted with fancy wheel spats. It was based here in Malmö and served on ABA's routes to Amsterdam and Berlin. Flights were scheduled to connect with night trains between Malmö and Stockholm. Photo from: Finnish Aviation Museum

PK-AFC arrives in Australia on an experimental air mail service from the Netherlands. PK-AFC flew the legs after Batavia. The success of the flight prompted Imperial Airways to start a joint UK-Australia service with Qantas although it took over three years to get going . Under pressure from the UK, KNILM was barred from operating regular services into Australia until 1938. The Dutch were unable to retaliate by barring the Imperial/Qantas from the Dutch East Indies because KLM needed to transit India and other British possessions. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

Built in 1925 for Australian arctic explorer George Hubert Wilkins as NC1985. Bought by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm sans engines and instruments on 31 Oct 1927 for the first crossing of the Pacific by air in 1928 - still registered as NC1985. Re-registered G-AUSU on 04 Jul 1928. Re-registered VH-USU in January 1929 but lapsed 3 Jul 1929. Renewed on 16 Apr 1931. Used on various other record-breaking flights or more mundane duties, it was eventually sold to the Australian Government in July 1935. In 1958, it was put on display at the original Brisbane's Eagle Farm airport before being moved to the present site circa 1989.

KLM postcard from the 1920s. H-NADH served only briefly before being sold to a private owner in the UK as G-EBPL.

Scrapped in 1938.

After a long restoration and rebuild, the Southern Cross replica looks great and is taxying again, but is not quite airworthy yet.

The Southern Cross was made famous by Charles Kingsford Smith and his team. It later became VH-USU, but it is shown here preserved in Brisbane in this hangar with its original registration NC1985.

This was not the first time the Southern Cross had flown to New Zealand. The first time was 1928. Charles Kingsford Smith flew back there in 1933 to raise money by providing joy flights. He and the plane returned in 1934. While at Palmerston North in 1933 Southern Cross ran intro a ditch putting it out of the air for a month.

Photo believed to be at Vancouver, possibly at Landsdowne airport which was a temporary airport for the city prior to the opening of the Sea Island airport (Vancouver International). G-CASC was destroyed in a hangar fire at Winnipeg on March 4, 1931. Photo from: City of Vancouver Archives

Girvas is the Russian name of the airfield, Hirvas the Finnish one when occupied by the Finns. Photographer not known.

OY-DEV was donated to the Danish Red Cross on 8 November 1941 and it operated for them by the Finnish Air Force as FE-2. The machine was used for ambulance and transportation tasks between 1941 and 1943. Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer: K.A.Hyvärinen.

Ex. CH 159, OY-DED, SE-ASE and OY-ASE. The aircraft was bought in 1955 for the new to develop aviation museum. The aircraft arrived (flying) at Amsterdam on December 30, 1955. In October 1959, permission was granted to fly the aircraft as H-NACT, without actually having the corresponding paperwork. this permission was valid until November 1959. The aircraft underwent extensive restoration in the 1980's in an attempt to make it airworthy again. The intention was to operate it as before, but this proved impossible. When the Aviodrome moved to Lelystad, the aircraft received its current markings.

Ex. CH 159, OY-DED, SE-ASE and OY-ASE. The aircraft was bought in 1955 for the new to develop aviation museum. The aircraft arrived (flying) at Amsterdam on December 30, 1955. In October 1959, permission was granted to fly the aircraft as H-NACt, without actually having the corresponding paperwork. this persmission was valid unil November 1959. The aircraft underwent extensive restoration in the 1980's in an attempt to make it airworthy again. The intention was to operate it as before, but this proved impossible. When the Aviodrome moved to Lelystad, the aircraft recevied its current markings.

Swissair operated one F.VIIa (I guess this is it) and eight F.VIIb/3m aircraft. On display in the aeroplane hall at this place that is a cross between a museum and entertainment park.